tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15785040758762936522017-08-17T13:17:54.521-04:00Heaven in My FootI write. I draw. I'm sick.Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-79531788380537118192011-09-26T19:18:00.001-04:002011-09-26T19:20:57.459-04:00What's Up With Me?Obviously, I've fallen off blogging. I'm popping my head up momentarily to say I intend to be back, but not for a while. I'm taking a sabbatical from blogging to work on two things: traveling to a new doctor, and writing for print.
I'm sure there's something clever I could say, but I just can't think of it right now . . .
Love to all you good folks,
Priscilla
PS. If you haven't already, "Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-77266593245658646752011-08-16T19:37:00.002-04:002011-08-16T19:39:41.756-04:00Pride Goeth Before . . . Well . . . You Know . . .Click to enlarge:
This was some weeks ago, and since I have become an expert on all oral-hygiene alternatives, thanks to suggestions from everybody. The day after my appointment, I had to sleep for three hours after flossing — which was not encouraging. But I think I was still exhausted from the outing, and I can report that I’ve been doing my duty since. I have decided simple tools are bestPriscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-73444716907714070462011-07-24T15:03:00.004-04:002011-07-24T15:07:59.980-04:00Simplify
Lately I’ve been lying in bed thinking of things to get rid of. I can’t recommend it enough. Great way to let go of the person you were going to be but have turned out not to be. Not to mention the person you were but are no more. Also, the person you thought you ought to be, but never really wanted to be.
In the evening, when Larry is available to obey my commands, I use him to make my Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-34305317785575754672011-07-13T09:46:00.005-04:002011-07-13T16:28:21.151-04:00The Way It IsPriscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-38170297849000042062011-06-28T10:16:00.001-04:002011-06-28T10:18:17.658-04:00Six Weeks Since I PostedNine weeks ago, my friend Alan went to the doctor for the second time with symptoms of numbness in the left side of his body and a dropped foot. The doctor, who had previously said he wasn’t worried, now sent him to the hospital for an MRI. Alan has been there ever since.
The images showed a mass in his brain, and a few days later biopsy confirmed it to be a malignant tumor. The biopsy also Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-38570510365558160062011-05-15T08:36:00.000-04:002011-05-15T08:36:17.904-04:00Upon Hearing the Thick Accent of the Australian Prime Minister
I.e., like this.
(With love to all my friends and readers Down Under.)Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-11491531683488560512011-05-09T19:12:00.009-04:002011-05-11T11:01:41.874-04:00ME/CFS Community to President Obama: Help!When Courtney Miller asked President Obama about the abysmal state of funding for ME/CFS research, he said, “Now, I will confess to you that, although I’ve heard of chronic fatigue syndrome, I don’t have expertise in it. But based on the story that you told me, what I promise I will do when I get back is I will have the National Institute of Health explain to me what they’re currently doing and Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-84559555222719180272011-05-01T07:26:00.001-04:002011-05-01T07:26:00.278-04:00Insight of the DayPriscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-48976402973175882432011-04-27T19:09:00.004-04:002011-04-27T19:11:12.650-04:00Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-40099086755494914762011-04-19T09:37:00.004-04:002011-04-19T09:40:32.936-04:00Consider the EvidencePriscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-88635858727322340222011-04-10T12:27:00.000-04:002011-04-10T12:27:45.659-04:00UntitledPriscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-59090821819563351872011-04-04T20:03:00.003-04:002011-04-04T20:07:41.921-04:00Mud Madness“Mud season” is the period every Spring in Vermont when the dirt roads melt, turning temporarily to soup. It came early this year, then disappeared again under fresh snow. We await the Second Coming . . . any day now . . .
These are from right in front of our house. (Double-click to enlarge.)
Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-28102288890940947882011-03-27T20:08:00.001-04:002011-03-27T20:09:11.781-04:00Some Sentiments Have Broad Application
Nuclear reactors come to mind. Also chronic, politically embroiled diseases.Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-79874963047785281002011-03-21T11:03:00.000-04:002011-03-21T11:03:08.609-04:00Conclusion After Reading Too Much of the NewsPriscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-64894827207836162872011-03-07T09:47:00.008-05:002011-03-08T13:01:21.043-05:00On My Way? (First Publication)
I haven’t been posting much writing on Heaven in My Foot for some time (boo hoo), but I have a good excuse (yay!)—always a great comfort in this life of desires and demands. I’ve been writing for print. And guess what? My first publication came in the mail last week and should now be available at more complete newsstands. Titled “Wine for Those Who Faint,” the piece was about 6 years in the Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-66579802955915280332011-02-28T10:33:00.001-05:002011-02-28T10:34:12.736-05:00Taxes
I'll be spotty on posting until I get them done.
Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-43860253791705672782011-02-14T18:08:00.002-05:002011-02-14T18:12:44.204-05:00ContemplationAmong the zillion things I miss from my healthier days is the rhythm of alternating activity and stillness, social engagement and solitude, work and rest. I don’t long for stillness and quiet like I used to; I’ve had an awful lot of both in the last two decades. But I miss that longing, if you can imagine what I mean, and the satisfying of it. Paradoxically, I can be rather busy in my Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-26312983562101017492011-02-07T19:53:00.001-05:002011-02-07T19:53:39.053-05:00People AssumePeople often assume that winter must be hard on me. They’re wrong. I love it. Thermometer-watching is very entertaining. It’s cozy by the wood stove. Cold nights under my thick down comforter are much better for sleep. And winter makes beautiful, often-changing visions outside my windows. Besides, everyone spends a lot of time inside in the winter, so the contrast between me and Them is Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-90395841879567060262011-01-31T09:00:00.003-05:002011-01-31T09:37:53.898-05:00The Umph to Act: Getting Press Coverage for XMRV and ME/CFSThe ME/CFS activist community is working nobly on Many Fronts. One of the numerous big needs is getting more and better press coverage, both for XMRV and ME/CFS. I think part of that effort should be seeking the interest of individual journalists. Larry and I are focusing on Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! because we know and love the show and because Amy gives substantial coverage to Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-47395282761981468352011-01-24T09:41:00.000-05:002011-01-24T09:41:14.076-05:00It's Not Too Late for a New Year's Resolution, Is It?Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-45142482666219460322011-01-18T19:20:00.002-05:002011-01-18T19:24:57.205-05:00Thank You Dr. ManganWhen I tell people I’ve been faxing cartoons to Francis Collins, Director of the NIH, they usually ask, “Have you gotten any reply? How do you know they're getting through?” And I say, “I just send them off, I don’t know if they're getting there!” But, some weeks ago I got an e-mail reply to one of my cartoons —from Dr. Mangan, Chair of the Trans-NIH ME/CFS Research Working Group. It was a Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-15063152666704374072011-01-02T11:35:00.002-05:002011-01-02T11:36:06.087-05:00Happy New Year!Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-54558835640953280062010-12-26T17:26:00.003-05:002010-12-26T19:02:19.179-05:00Mrs BigI am feeling a little better. I managed to sit outside and watch Larry split wood for a bit today. Ambient temperature, about 20 degrees F (–7 deg C). In addition to long underwear, corduroys, snow pants, shirt, wool sweater, hat, scarf, and miscellaneous, I have on my down coat and Larry’s down coat. I lasted about twenty minutes.
Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-41714003797202181702010-12-21T07:11:00.000-05:002010-12-21T07:11:27.335-05:00Feeling too sick to get a post together this week...Peace be with you in these darkest/lightest days.Priscillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04417812260334969884noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578504075876293652.post-47468319840502445852010-12-13T09:24:00.000-05:002010-12-13T09:24:30.086-05:00I love it when a machine says my name.A two and a half minute audio on the pleasure of hearing a machine say my name:
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